| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Thursday, February 10, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Britain's Johnson warns of the 'most dangerous moment' in the Ukraine crisis, how a Trump deal got a boost from a China-based financier, and Credit Suisse ends a torrid year with a $2.2 billion quarterly loss | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A Ukrainian service member guards an area as dogs look on in the government-held town of Avdiyivka in Donetsk region, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich WORLD Russia started the active phase of military drills in Belarus as Britain launched new diplomacy in a standoff over Ukraine, warning Moscow that going to war with its neighbor would be disastrous for Russia, Ukraine and Europe. Britain ordered 1,000 troops to be on a state of readiness to provide support in the event of a humanitarian crisis caused by any Russian aggression.
Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva showed up for her scheduled practice at the Beijing Olympics after Russian media reported the 15-year-old had tested positive for a banned substance. The teenager was part of the Russian Olympic Committee ensemble that won the figure skating team event on Monday, ahead of the United States and Japan.
The business impact from U.S.-Canada border closures is bringing fresh urgency to Canadian authorities' efforts to quell the two-week-old protests against the government's pandemic measures, even as the national capital Ottawa sees early signs of a return to normalcy. Ottawa's anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally - with New Zealand and France the latest flashpoints.
Salah Abdeslam, a self-avowed Islamic State combatant, told a court that he had backed out of detonating his explosive vest during the jihadist rampage across Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 people.
Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah's car with bullets but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. We profile Dbeibah - the ambitious politician who promised not to be.
|  A person who poses for photos for tips walks through Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri U.S. The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of U.S. state leaders planning to lift face-covering rules as the latest COVID-19 surge eases.
A China-based financier, once reprimanded by U.S. regulators and barred from taking his company public, played a bigger role than is publicly known in the shell company that agreed to merge with former President Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Reuters has learned.
Seven predominately Black schools in Washington were evacuated over bomb threats and later cleared, including a high school that was threatened a day earlier during a visit by Vice President Kamala Harris' husband.
The former New York Times editor who oversaw the 2017 editorial underlying Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the newspaper denied trying to blame the prominent Republican for the 2011 mass shooting that seriously wounded former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
The Boy Scouts of America won pivotal support from a committee representing sexual abuse victims for a $2.7 billion settlement of their claims against the youth organization as it seeks to emerge from bankruptcy, according to a court filing.
| | | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Back in school at 98, Kenyan woman sets example for next generation In a stone classroom in rural Kenya's Rift Valley, Priscilla Sitienei takes notes alongside fellow pupils who are all more than eight decades younger than her. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
